Key Stage 2 Specialist Teacher: Master Your Craft in Complex Needs Provision
Location: Bristol
Role: Primary Specialist Class Teacher (Key Stage 2/Upper Primary)
Contract: Full:Time, Permanent or Temporary Basis
Start Date: January 2026
The Environment: Precision Education, Unmatched Ratios
Join a highly successful specialist provision in Bristol, renowned for its expertise in complex educational needs. We offer a structured, nurturing setting that re:engages students who require an alternative to the mainstream. This is an environment where genuine pedagogical mastery is both necessary and actively supported.
Our Learners: Students are typically in Years 3 to 6 (ages 7:11) and present with complex needs, primarily including Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH), Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC), ADHD, and Speech, Communication and Language Needs (SCLN).
The Educational Challenge: All pupils exhibit an academic delay of 1 to 4 years, demanding a high level of differentiation, creativity, and assessment:for:learning expertise.
Class Model: Our efficacy stems from a uniquely low class ratio. Class sizes are an absolute maximum of 6 pupils, supported by one or two dedicated, experienced Teaching Assistants (TAs).
The Opportunity: Elevate Your Teaching Practice
Move beyond the volume and administrative load of mainstream and focus entirely on impactful, data:driven, child:centred progress. This role is ideal for a teacher ready to accept a demanding yet deeply professionally satisfying specialism.
Key Responsibilities:
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Behavioral Expertise: Proactively establishing a predictable, low:arousal learning environment, expertly applying therapeutic models like the now and next approach to build student autonomy and regulate emotional responses.
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Creative Curriculum Design: Employing highly visual and multi:sensory teaching methods to make the primary curriculum accessible and engaging for students with ASC and SCLN, rapidly closing significant attainment gaps.
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Individualized Planning: Developing and executing high:quality, highly differentiated lesson plans that rebuild foundational skills and drive measurable progress for every child.
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Integrated Teamwork: Operating as a key clinician within a multi:disciplinary team, collaborating closely with TAs and pastoral staff to ensure seamless integration of educational and therapeutic goals.
The Professional Benefits
This role acknowledges the intensity of specialist teaching by offering practical, sustainable support:
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Exceptional Workload Management: Negotiable working hours and expectations regarding planning and marking are available for the right candidate to ensure a sustainable work:life balance rarely found in education.
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Maximized Impact: Build genuine, high:quality professional relationships within a maximum class size of 6.
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Dedicated Support: Benefit from an outstanding staff:to:pupil ratio (1:2 TAs per class).
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Standardized Term:Time Schedule.
Standard Working Hours (Open to Negotiation): Monday, Thursday: 8:15 AM : 4:00 PM Tuesday: 8:15 AM : 4:30 PM Wednesday: 8:15 AM : 5:00 PM Friday: 8:15 AM : 3:30 PM
The Ideal Candidate
You MUST be a highly effective, resilient, and reflective practitioner with:
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Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
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Demonstrable and successful experience teaching children with SEMH, ASC, and/or complex learning needs in a primary environment.
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A proven track record in calmly and therapeutically managing complex/challenging behavior.
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Expertise in creative curriculum adaptation and delivering highly differentiated lessons.
If you are a teacher looking to specialize, master therapeutic pedagogy, and deliver the highest possible quality of tailored education, we encourage your application.
or for an informal discussion about this specialist Primary Teacher post, Paul Hirchfield on 01293 527416 or email paul.hir